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Kobe Bryant's Twitter account already is the stuff of legends, and it doesn't look like that's going to slow down just because he had season-ending Achilles tendon surgery Saturday. If anything, the extra downtime will take Kobe's social-media game to even greater heights. The Los Angeles Lakers star joined Instagram prior to his surgery, and since then, he has been giving fans a behind-the-scenes look as he goes under the knife.

Kobe has posted two pictures so far, one before his MRI and one as he was receiving anesthesia.

@kobebryant, Instagram

Kobe used his Facebook page to vent about his injury, but so far it's looking like his Instagram feed will take after his tweets: jokes and amazing hashtags. And the "Mrs Doubtfire with a jerri curl cap" line is priceless. It's tough to find silver linings in an awful injury to one of the greatest players in NBA history, but the introduction of Instagram into the Black Mamba's social-media arsenal is something we should all be excited about.